---
title: 'Delete backfill'
api: 'DELETE /sinks/{sink_id_or_name}/backfills/{backfill_id}'
---

Deletes a backfill by its ID.

## Request fields

<ParamField path="sink_id_or_name" type="string" required>
  The name or ID of the sink
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="backfill_id" type="string" required>
  The ID of the backfill to delete
</ParamField>

## Response fields

<ResponseField name="id" type="string" >
  The unique identifier of the deleted backfill
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="deleted" type="boolean" >
  Whether the backfill was successfully deleted
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL
  curl -X DELETE "https://api.sequinstream.com/api/sinks/kafka-ids/backfills/e0c918bb-12a2-4810-94a3-387cd672a478" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
  ```

  ```json Response
  {
    "id": "e0c918bb-12a2-4810-94a3-387cd672a478",
    "deleted": true
  }
  ```
</RequestExample> 